The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 269 No 7227 p828
7 December 2002

Society summary

Seven pharmacists designated as fellows

Seven pharmacists have been designated as fellows of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society by the Society's panel of fellows. They are Professor Michael Aulton, Martin Bennett, David Morgan, Dr Gordon Munro, Kirit Patel, Barbara Stewart and Sean Sweetman.

The following biographical information is based on material provided by the panel of fellows to assist in identifying the pharmacists concerned. It does not necessarily represent the reasons for designation as fellows.

Professor Michael Aulton, who registered in 1968, has been head of pharmaceutics at De Montford University, Leicester, since 1989 and professor of pharmaceutical technology since 1992. He is also head of the graduate school of applied science and was recently appointed head of the professional development institute in the university's faculty of applied science. He has been chairman of the registration committee and the examination board since 2000. He has been an external examiner for degree courses at Manchester, King's College London, Strathclyde, Bradford and Brighton universities.

Martin Bennett is a community pharmacist who registered in 1970. A co-founder of Associated Chemists (Wicker) Ltd, the Sheffield consortium pharmacy company, he has been the company's managing director since 1973. He is secretary of Sheffield Local Pharmaceutical Committee and a board member of the Prescription Pricing Authority. He briefly served on the board of the National Pharmaceutical Association.

David Morgan, who registered in 1973, is director of pharmaceutical public health and immunisation co-ordinator for the North Wales Health Authority. He is secretary and a governor of the College of Pharmacy Practice and since 1993 has been the CPP's regional adviser for Wales. He has been a member of the North Wales Drug and Alcohol Action Team since 1996. He is secretary of the Society's Clwyd branch. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Tissue Viability.

Gordon Munro, who registered in 1971, has since 1997 been head of inspection and enforcement for the Medicines Control Agency, where he has also taken a lead role in bringing the British Pharmacopoeia on to a sound business footing. Before joining the MCA he held a series of posts with GlaxoWellcome, reaching the position of director of quality.

Kirit Patel, who registered in 1974, is managing director of the Day Lewis group of pharmacies. He was elected to the Society's Council in 2000 and was elected Treasurer of the Society in June this year. He has been a member of the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee since 1998 and is vice-chairman of the Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth Local Pharmaceutical Committee. He has served on the board of the National Pharmaceutical Association since 1992, and was chairman for 1999–2000. He is a trustee of the Pharmacy Practice Research Trust. He is a member of the Small Business Council.

Barbara Stewart, who registered in 1966, has since 1989 been a pharmaceutical consultant with Pharmacy Practice Consultants. She is project manager and professional secretary to the Pharmacist Prescribing Task Group (chaired by Dr June Crown). She is the author of part of the project handbook for the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee's community pharmacy medicines management project. She is a member of the medical/scientific expert committee of the National Eczema Society and a member of the specialist advisory group of the inquiry by the Associate Parliamentary Group on Skin into primary care dermatology services. She is pharmacist smoking cessation adviser in local smoking cessation clinics for Western Sussex Primary Care Trust. She was head of the Society's education division from 1986 to 1989 and is currently secretary of the Society's Worthing and West Sussex branch.

Sean Sweetman, who registered in 1975, is editor of Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference. After early experience in community pharmacy, he joined Martindale in 1977. He was an assistant editor and subsequently senior assistant editor for the 29th to 32nd editions of the book, between 1985 and 1999. He was appointed editor in 1999. During work on the 29th edition, he took responsibility for Martindale's new in-house computer and produced the database of Martindale's Datastar and Dialogue online services — an exercise that culminated in the production of the first full text database.

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